Love, Simon reminded me a little of last year’s Wonder, which was (if you remember) about the child with the facial disfigurement. Both are very safe and “clean” uplifters about self-acceptance and tolerance that are fundamentally structured […]
Tag: 2018
Tully (Reitman, 2018)
I liked the “motherhood as body horror” approach that Tully takes for its first half, and bless Charlize Theron for her commitment in making Marlo look thoroughly wiped by the experience of having a third baby. Gaining […]
Eighth Grade (Burnham, 2018)
When I was in grade school, social media was really nothing more than chats on MSN Messenger and cell phones that didn’t have the functionality we know of today. There was Facebook, too, I guess, […]
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Parker, 2018)
The first Mamma Mia! is a jukebox musical in which the plot was clearly written around the songs. ABBA’s songs of infidelity, flirtatious discovery, and radiant living are perfect for a tale of a woman with three […]
A Quiet Place (Krasinski, 2018)
A Quiet Place is among the best experiences I had watching a film this year, as it utilized its technical facets with a great amount of intelligence. From the sound design to the cinematography, John Krasinski ensures you […]
Christopher Robin (Forster, 2018)
The nostalgia factor on this one is high. I, like many other children, grew up on Winnie the Pooh. I watched the full-length movies, the cartoons, and I’m pretty sure I had a stuffed Pooh […]
Black Panther (Coogler, 2018)
I’ve made it clear in other reviews that I’m no Marvel fanatic, and that their cookie-cutter approach to plot and characterization has becoming maddeningly repetitive with each new entry. It’s so nice, then, to watch […]
Crazy Rich Asians (Chu, 2018)
I saw Crazy Rich Asians last night [August 28], and oddly very little is sticking with me apart from the wedding service soundtracked to “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” which I’ll admit was moving and sweet. The […]
Support the Girls (Bujalski, 2018)
I love that this is a love letter to working-class women like Regina Hall’s Lisa: women who carve out careers in the hospitality industry and put up with a shit load of racism and misogyny […]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Neville, 2018)
I remember seeing snippets of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood when I was young. I didn’t catch it in its entirety because I was at school when it aired, but I remember finding it so serene. Fred Rogers had […]
Three Identical Strangers (Wardle, 2018)
This is the kind of documentary film you’d show to a university data methods class while rapping the desk with a pointer and shouting ETHICAL STANDARDS MATTER. It’s pretty much how Wardle goes about setting […]
The Lonely Film Critic 